Week 1 naive - showing lack of experience or judgment aberrations - a departure from what is normal or right inveterate - fixed in a habit or practice expurgated - to remove objectionable passages from (a book) before publication innocuous - harmless, inoffensive piqued - offended puerile - childish, silly pernicious - destructive coterie - an intimate often exclusive group of persons with a common interest qualm - a sudden disturbing feeling
Week 2 undulation - wavy or wave-like motion mitigated - make less severe or painful anodyne - something that relieves pain redolent - reminiscent or suggestive lasciviousness - lewd, lustful roistering - engaging in noisy revelry asphyxiating - suffocating ardours - warmth of feeling acquiesce - to consent or comply without open opposition mammon - material wealth
Week 3 eradicate - eliminate avarice - excessive desire for wealth; greed ambiguous - capable of being understood in more than one way insipid - dull, uninteresting pestilent - dangerous to life; deadly querulousness - state of constantly complaining; whining axiom - a statement generally accepted as true flouting - insulting, mocking asceticism - the practice of self-denial meritorious - deserving reward or honor
Week 4 pedantic - excessive and often showy concern for books and learning dossier - a collection of papers giving detailed information about a particular person simpering - smiling in a silly or self-conscious manner demure - reserved and modest in manner of behavior accretions - the process of increasing in size as a result of being added to terminus - the final point; the end complacent - pleased or contented with oneself in an untroubled or uncritical manner rapacious - taking by force ostensible - appearing as such, but not actually so altruism - concern for the welfare of others
Week 5 susceptible - to permit without much resistance; easily influenced irremediable - impossible to remedy or correct poppet - puppet, like a toy mawkish - overly sentimental foment - to stir up, in instigate obstinate - apparent, to make well known feckless - ineffectual, weak; worthless, irresponsible incessant - continuing without interruption chattels - an item of property, something you own languishing - weakening, slow, lack of energy
Week 6 gastronomy - the art or science of good eating diabolical - characteristic of the devil; satanic impenitent - showing no sorrow for having done something wrong virtuous - having or showing moral excellence tenuous - having little substance; flimsy euphonious - pleasing in sound laud - to praise highly incipient - beginning to exist or appeal extirpate - to destroy totally denigrate - to attack the reputation or character of
Week 7 ostensible - represented as such, but not actually so edify - to instruct so as to encourage intellectual, moral or spiritual improvement endemic - common in or restricted to a particular group of people myriad - very large number accord - to give; grant infernal - of or relating to hell sophistry - argumentation that is seemingly valid condescending - showing that one considers oneself superior notorious - known widely and regarded unfavorably superficial - affecting or being on or near the surface
naive - showing lack of experience or judgment
aberrations - a departure from what is normal or right
inveterate - fixed in a habit or practice
expurgated - to remove objectionable passages from (a book) before publication
innocuous - harmless, inoffensive
piqued - offended
puerile - childish, silly
pernicious - destructive
coterie - an intimate often exclusive group of persons with a common interest
qualm - a sudden disturbing feeling
Week 2
undulation - wavy or wave-like motion
mitigated - make less severe or painful
anodyne - something that relieves pain
redolent - reminiscent or suggestive
lasciviousness - lewd, lustful
roistering - engaging in noisy revelry
asphyxiating - suffocating
ardours - warmth of feeling
acquiesce - to consent or comply without open opposition
mammon - material wealth
Week 3
eradicate - eliminate
avarice - excessive desire for wealth; greed
ambiguous - capable of being understood in more than one way
insipid - dull, uninteresting
pestilent - dangerous to life; deadly
querulousness - state of constantly complaining; whining
axiom - a statement generally accepted as true
flouting - insulting, mocking
asceticism - the practice of self-denial
meritorious - deserving reward or honor
Week 4
pedantic - excessive and often showy concern for books and learning
dossier - a collection of papers giving detailed information about a particular person
simpering - smiling in a silly or self-conscious manner
demure - reserved and modest in manner of behavior
accretions - the process of increasing in size as a result of being added to
terminus - the final point; the end
complacent - pleased or contented with oneself in an untroubled or uncritical manner
rapacious - taking by force
ostensible - appearing as such, but not actually so
altruism - concern for the welfare of others
Week 5
susceptible - to permit without much resistance; easily influenced
irremediable - impossible to remedy or correct
poppet - puppet, like a toy
mawkish - overly sentimental
foment - to stir up, in instigate
obstinate - apparent, to make well known
feckless - ineffectual, weak; worthless, irresponsible
incessant - continuing without interruption
chattels - an item of property, something you own
languishing - weakening, slow, lack of energy
Week 6
gastronomy - the art or science of good eating
diabolical - characteristic of the devil; satanic
impenitent - showing no sorrow for having done something wrong
virtuous - having or showing moral excellence
tenuous - having little substance; flimsy
euphonious - pleasing in sound
laud - to praise highly
incipient - beginning to exist or appeal
extirpate - to destroy totally
denigrate - to attack the reputation or character of
Week 7
ostensible - represented as such, but not actually so
edify - to instruct so as to encourage intellectual, moral or spiritual improvement
endemic - common in or restricted to a particular group of people
myriad - very large number
accord - to give; grant
infernal - of or relating to hell
sophistry - argumentation that is seemingly valid
condescending - showing that one considers oneself superior
notorious - known widely and regarded unfavorably
superficial - affecting or being on or near the surface